Fesikh (Egyptian Arabic:فسيخ,romanized: fesīḵ,pronounced[fɪˈsiːx]) is a traditional celebratory ancient Egyptian dish. It is eaten byEgyptians during theSham el-Nessim festival inEgypt, which is a spring celebration fromancient Egyptian times and is a national festival in Egypt. Fesikh consists of salted pickledfermented and dried graymullet of the genusMugil, a saltwater fish that lives in both theMediterranean and theRed Seas;[1] in Western Egypt,whitefish is used as an alternative.
Each year, reports of a few cases of food poisoning involving incorrectly prepared fesikh appear in Egyptian periodicals, especially during theSham el-Nessim festival, when the Egyptians consume this traditional pickled fish.[2][3]
In April 2012, theCanadian Food Inspection Agency issued recalls for whole fesikh mullet, cut up fesikh mullet in oil, and whole fesikh shad that were sold from a store in Toronto. There were three reported illnesses associated with the consumption of the products, which may have been contaminated withClostridium botulinum bacteria.[4]
However, these reports never deterred the Egyptians from eating this celebratory dish, since they pertain only to improperly prepared fesikh and to expired or contaminated fesikh; the Egyptian ministry of health constantly urges the Egyptians to buy their fesikh from known and trusted vendors and to check expiration dates, or to prepare it properly if they do so at home,[2] and stores selling the fish are constantly investigated.
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